(1) Week = Take Off 3 Jean Sizes

�	The court yard through which they passed was extensive and a spring Of living water from its centre rose Whose bubbling did a genial softness fling Ascending a lofty marble staircase along which were placed a few bronzed urns Delme crossed a suite of apartmentsthrown open in the Italian modeand passing through a glass door found himself on a wide stone terrace edged by pillars Immediately beneath this was an orange grove whose odours perfumed the air Colonel Vavasour was employed in reading a German treatise on light infantry tactics He received Sir Henry with great cordiality and proposed adjourning to the library Delme was pleased to observe for it corresponded with what he had	�
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�	The proper period however to see a caleche man in his glory is during the carnival Every caleche is in employ and many a one which has reposed for the twelvemonth previous is at that time wheeled from its accustomed shed and put in requisition for some of pleasures votaries Long lines of them continue to pass and repass in the principal street Their inmates are almost universally of the fair and of the best part of it the young and beautiful Cavaliers with silken bags containing bonbons slung on their left arm stand at intervals ready to discharge the harmless missiles at those whom their taste approves worthy of the compliment Happy the young beauty who returning homewards sees the carpet of her caleche thickly strewn with these dulcet favours The driver is now in his element He ducks his head as the misdirected sweetmeat approaches he has an apt remark prompt for the occasion As he nears too the favoured inamorato for whom he well knows his mistress sweetest smile is reservedwho already with his right hand grasping the sugared favours is prepared to lavish his whole store on this one venturehow arch his lookhow roguish his eyeas he turns towards his donna and speaks as plainly as words could do See there he is he whom you love best Ah well may we delight to recal once more those minute details ah well may we remember howwhen our brow was smoothed with youth as it is now furrowed with carewhen our eye sparkled from pleasure as it is now dimmed from time or mayhap tearswell may we love to remember how our whole hearts were engrossed in that mimic warfare How impatiently did we watch forone amidst that crowded throng for onewhose beauty haunted us by day and whose smile we dreamt over by night Well do we recal with what unexampled ingenuity we laboured to befit the snow white egg for a rare tenantattargul Well do we remember how that face usually so cloudless became darkened almost to a frown as our hearts mistress saw the missile approach her What a radiant smile bewitched us as it burst on her lap and filled the air with its fragrance Truly we had our reward Delme and George took a quiet drive and enjoyed that sweet interchange of ideas that characterises the meeting of two brothers long absent from each other They went in the direction of St Julians a drive all our Maltese friends will be familiar with The road lay almost wholly by the sea side A gentle breeze was crisping the waters and served to allay the heat which at a more advanced period of the season is by no means an enviable one Sunshine seemed to beam on Georges mind as he once more spoke of home ties to one to whom those home ties were equally dear And gratefully did he bask in its rays Long used to the verdant but tame beautiful but romantic landscapes which the part of England he resided in presented the scenery around him novel and picturesque struck Sir Henry forcibly To one who has resided long in Malta its scenes may wear an aspect somewhat different The limited countrythe ceaseless glarethe dust or rather the pulverised rockthe everpresent lizard wary and quick peeping out at each crevicethe buzzing mosquito inviting the moody philosopher to smite his own cheekthese things may come to be regarded as real grievances But Delme as a visitor was pleased with what he saw The promising vineyardsthe orange groves with their glog fruit and ample foliage looking like golden lamps in a dark night of leavesthe thick leaves of the prickly pearthe purple sky above him lending its rich hue to the sea besidethe architectural beauties of the cottagesthe wide portico of the mansionsthe flat terrace with its balustrade over which might be seen a fair face half concealed by the faldette smilingly peering and through whose pillars might be noted a pretty ancle and siestalooking slipperthese were novelties and pleasing ones Their drive over Delme felt more tranquil as to Georges state of mind and more inclined to look on the bright side as to his future fortunes Acme was waiting to receive them and as she scanned Georges features Delme could not but observe the affectionate solicitude that marked her glance and manner Let it not be thought we would make vice seductive Fair above all things is the pure affection of woman happy he who may regard it his he may bask without a shade of distrust in its glorious splendour and permanently adore its holy beauty While fascinating though be the concentred love of woman whether struggling in its passionenraptured in its madnessor clinging and loving on in its guilt Manthat more selfish wanderer from virtues pale that destroyer of his own best sympathieswill find too late that a day of bitterest regret must arrive a day when love shall exist no more or linked with remorse shall teara fierce vultureat his very heart strings Delme strolled out half an hour before his brothers dinner hour with the intention of paying a visit of ceremony to the Colonel of Georges regiment His house was not far distant It had been the palazzo of one of the redoubted Knights of St John and the massive gate at which Sir Henry knocked for admittance seemed an earnest that the family who had owned the mansion had been a powerful and important one The door was opened and the servant informed Delme that Colonel Vavasour was on the terrace	�
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